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How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans | MIT Technology Review (www.technologyreview.com)
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Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.

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[โ€“] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably more about what they're turning to rather than it being new. The main issue is that all of these tools are very hit or miss (facial is probably the best, but also really just a "close enough" given most camera angles/quality being used are meh).

[โ€“] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

But the inaccuracy is a feature, not a bug. It means you can trigger certain standards whenever you want.